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<blockquote data-quote="alexfarms" data-source="post: 1119982" data-attributes="member: 8677"><p>Its good that you believe in what you are doing, but it is really a matter of opinion which bulls we use. Personally, I'd just as soon people used their home raised bulls to try to improve their herds, but to each his own. There are some things about Revolution, that bother me a bit. That doesn't mean he won't be a good bull for you or someone else. If there was one thing I really would like to see in his data it would be a ribeye area/hundredweight epd. He's a trait leader for ribeye area, but he's carrying a +105 mature cow weight epd. His sire is a trait leader for MCW at +35 and his dam is at +112. Giant cattle have big ribeyes, that's no surprise. I sent steers to one of the early GOP steer tests at Oberlin, KS and when the test began we were told the cattle would be rated on several catagories at the end of the test. One of those catagories was ribeye/hundredweight. I was looking forward to that result. When the test was completed we learned the ribeye/hundredweight had been dropped. I asked why and I was told it was because it would have made the smaller framed cattle look good and they didn't want to encourage people to cut frame. I think our carcass epds need to be tied together in some way and I wonder how much different the breed would look today if a ribeye area/hundred weight epd had been added a long time ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alexfarms, post: 1119982, member: 8677"] Its good that you believe in what you are doing, but it is really a matter of opinion which bulls we use. Personally, I'd just as soon people used their home raised bulls to try to improve their herds, but to each his own. There are some things about Revolution, that bother me a bit. That doesn't mean he won't be a good bull for you or someone else. If there was one thing I really would like to see in his data it would be a ribeye area/hundredweight epd. He's a trait leader for ribeye area, but he's carrying a +105 mature cow weight epd. His sire is a trait leader for MCW at +35 and his dam is at +112. Giant cattle have big ribeyes, that's no surprise. I sent steers to one of the early GOP steer tests at Oberlin, KS and when the test began we were told the cattle would be rated on several catagories at the end of the test. One of those catagories was ribeye/hundredweight. I was looking forward to that result. When the test was completed we learned the ribeye/hundredweight had been dropped. I asked why and I was told it was because it would have made the smaller framed cattle look good and they didn't want to encourage people to cut frame. I think our carcass epds need to be tied together in some way and I wonder how much different the breed would look today if a ribeye area/hundred weight epd had been added a long time ago. [/QUOTE]
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